Most American newborns will arrive home from the hospital and start hitting their developmental milestones, to their parents’ delight. They will hold their heads up by about three months. They will sit up by six. And they will walk around their first birthday. But about 1 in 10,000 will not. They will feel limp in… Continue reading The Rise of RNA Therapeutics – Issue 107: The Edge
Engaging Different Types of Practitioners in the Complex Social Policy Area of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Evidence-based or evidence-informed policymaking and practice is increasingly championed by governments and decisionmakers. To make this a reality, it is important to know how stakeholders, such as policymakers and practitioners, already view and use evidence. Therefore, the support and engagement of these relevant stakeholders may be invaluable. Understanding how stakeholders make sense of and prioritise… Continue reading Engaging Different Types of Practitioners in the Complex Social Policy Area of Adverse Childhood Experiences
ECB Leaves Policy Unchanged (As Expected), Will Keep Buying Bonds Until At Least March 2022
With global bond markets starting to ‘tantrum’ at the short-end, and price-in policy-errors at the long-end, traders are hoping for soothing words from ECB’s Christine Lagarde this morning as the market has shifted notably more hawkish for European rates, pricing in a full rate-hike by the end of 2022 (due to mounting inflation expectations)… Source:… Continue reading ECB Leaves Policy Unchanged (As Expected), Will Keep Buying Bonds Until At Least March 2022
Waking Up – SpiritualDirection.com
I was suddenly shaken out of my daydream because of the sound of sirens ringing in the distance. As I looked in my rear view mirror, a police car was quickly approaching behind me. Any moment now, I thought, the police car would pass me and catch the culprit they were in pursuit of. Needless… Continue reading Waking Up – SpiritualDirection.com
Mathematicians Find Structure in Biased Polynomials
When you deposit a quarter and turn the crank on a gumball machine, the flavor you receive is basically random. In math, sometimes a polynomial, like x2 + y2, works the same way. When you plug in numbers for x and y, the values the polynomial takes might be random. Other polynomials might favor particular… Continue reading Mathematicians Find Structure in Biased Polynomials
Medical Research Rapidly Adopts ‘Systemic Racism’ as Truth, Risking Scientific Credibility (2 Parts)
Part 1 of 2 Articles (Part 2 Here) Rejection used to be common for medical sociologist Thomas LaVeist when he tried to get his research published on the effects of racism on the health of black people. “Now,” said the 60-year-old dean of Tulane University’s School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, “I have those… Continue reading Medical Research Rapidly Adopts ‘Systemic Racism’ as Truth, Risking Scientific Credibility (2 Parts)
President Tsai Confirms US ‘Boots On The Ground’ In Taiwan
Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday confirmed for the first time in 40 years the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil, saying that she is confident the United States would defend the self-ruled island if it were attacked by China. “I do have faith given the long-term relationship that… Continue reading President Tsai Confirms US ‘Boots On The Ground’ In Taiwan
How to Trade a Range-Bound Market
Most traders agree that a trending market is easier to trade than a range-bound market. Once you hop aboard a trend, you pretty much just have to trail a stop and ride the gains. Sure you deal with plenty of whipsaws and failed pullbacks, but there are far fewer variables in a trending market… Continue reading How to Trade a Range-Bound Market
Adaptation Becomes Focus of Climate Summit as Talks Draw to a Close
GLASGOW, Scotland—As climate talks race toward their conclusion, a concerted push by vulnerable countries to shake the world into taking action against intensifying threats from the sea and sky might be inching forward on the world stage. For days negotiators have huddled in windowless rooms trying to hammer out deals about funding and winding down… Continue reading Adaptation Becomes Focus of Climate Summit as Talks Draw to a Close
The Russians and Iranians Show Us Why We Need Influence Ranger School
On November 16, 2021 The Brookings Institute ran an article “How the Kremlin has weaponized the Facebook files” (see: https://brook.gs/3CAi3Dll, which is also a photo source). Many of us have followed France Haugen’s denouncements of Facebook to learn more about the internal workings of the internet juggernaut. This article describes how the Russians have… Continue reading The Russians and Iranians Show Us Why We Need Influence Ranger School